Tributes from stars to Wolverhampton man following tragic news

A brave and inspirational Wolverhampton dad who attracted 26,000 followers to his frank Twitter accounts of living with incurable cancer has died after a two-year battle with the disease.

Steve Evans, 52, also became a national celebrity after appearing on Richard Bacon’s Radio 5 Live show and on the BBC’s Breakfast programme on TV.

His death, at the city’s New Cross Hospital, was announced in the early hours by his daughter Megan, 25, who tweeted: “This is Meg. This is a message 2all. The man that is Dad has passed peacefully in his sleep. We thank you for all your support xxx”

Bacon visited Steve in hospital this week and recorded the final interview with the doting father of Megan and of Lauren, 20, and husband of Septina, on his phone.

Steve told the presenter: “Love is all around and I am so blessed that I have had so much around me.”

In the interview, he said of his wife: “I’m lucky, very lucky, purely because of the existence of a woman called Septina. She’s the other half of me.”

He worked as a building surveyor for Wolverhampton City Council for 32 years, but was also a magician, and compered comedy nights at the city’s Civic Halls.

This is Meg. This is a message 2all. The man that is Dad had passed peacefully in his sleep. We thank you for all your support xxx